Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Insertion Torque and Implant Stability of Two Different Implant Macrogeometries in the Initial Periods of Osseointegration.

Objectives: The present study compared two implants with different macrogeometries placed in healed alveolar sites, evaluating the insertion torque (ITV) and implant stability quotient (ISQ) values at three different periods. Methods: Seventy patients with a total of 100 dental implants were allocated into two groups (n = 50 per group): DuoCone implants (DC group) that included 28 implants in the maxilla and 22 in the mandible, and Maestro implants (MAE group) that included 26 in the maxilla and 24 in the mandible. The ITV was measured during the implant placement, and the ISQ values were measured immediately at implant placement (baseline) and after 30 and 45 days. Results: The mean and standard deviations of the ITV were statistically significant (p < 0.0001), 56.4 ± 6.41 Ncm for the DC group and 29.3 ± 9.65 Ncm for the MAE group. In the DC group, the ISQs ranged between 61.1 ± 3.78 and 69.8 ± 3.86, while the MAE group presented similar values compared with the other group, ranging between 61.9 ± 3.92 and 72.1 ± 2.37. Conclusions: The value of implant insertion torque did not influence the ISQ values measured immediately after implant placement. However, the ITV influenced the ISQ values measured in the two initial periods of osseointegration, with implants installed with lower torques presenting higher ISQ values.

Fatores determinantes para formação e, ou manutenção da papila peri-implantar: revisão de literatura / Factors for formation and, or maintenance of peri implant papilla: literature review

Introdução: a papila interproximal, entre outros requisitos, é considerada fundamental para o sucesso estético nas próteses sobre implantes. Método: o presente artigo é uma revisão da literatura baseada em periódicos publicados de 1984 a 2011, disponíveis nos bancos de dados da LILACS e da MEDLINE. Foram selecionados 21 artigos com o objetivo de evidenciar os fatores determinantes para formação e/ou manutenção da papila peri-implantar, tais como distância ideal entre dente e implante, entre implantes, sua posição supra ou infraóssea e a distância necessária do ponto de contato à crista óssea. Conclusão: concluiu-se que a distância ideal entre dente e implante é de 2mm, e a entre implantes é de 3mm, haja vista que a altura da papila gengival é sustentada pela formação do espaço biológico. Quanto ao posicionamento do implante (supra ou infraósseo), não foram relatadas diferenças quanto à formação da papila. Por fim, a altura determinante para a formação da papila do ponto de contato da coroa à crista óssea deve ser de até 5mm.

The interproximal papilla, among other requirements, is considered essential for success in aesthetic prostheses on implants. This article is based on a review of literature in journals from 1984 to 2011 in Lilacs and Medline. 21 articles were selected in order to highlight the factors determining the formation and / or maintenance of peri-implant papilla, such as distance between tooth and implant, implants between his position and the bone above or below the required distance from the contact point to the crest marrow. Concluded that the distance between tooth implant is 2 mm, between the implant and the implant is 3 mm, whereas the height of the gingival papilla formation is sustained by biological space. Regarding the positioning of the implant, bone supra or infra, no differences were reported as the papilla formation. And the height of the papilla determining the formation of the contact point to the bone crest crown should be up to 5 mm.